Rainbow confetti
Well, following the recent theme… i have yet another pair of matching sweaters to share. Shocking, I know. Right?! 😅
This time, I opted for a textured pattern that I love and have made for myself a couple times already called Laurie, from Josée Paquin. It is so simple yet so texturally interesting and elegant! And I thought it was the perfect match for the yarn I had in mind.
The yarn I’m using is a DK Pima Cotton yarn my mother-in-law got for me in Peru.
She got me 4 balls, 2 of the Rainbow confetti colourway and one each of the happy confetti colourway and a plain natural. All together, those make a wonderful gradient, so that’s what I decided to do.
V’s sweater is worked from rainbow to natural and E’s sweater is the opposite, going from natural to rainbow, making an adorable pair. Now since I was working on a limited amount of yarn, I did my best to maximize the use of each but also wanted to make sure the sweaters fit for as long as possible. As such, I maximized body length and opted for shorter 3/4 sleeves.
As the Laurie sweater pattern doesn’t provide child sizes so I had to adapt the pattern to child sizes. All the details are obviously on my Ravelry project page as usual, linked here and here.
V’s sweater is about a size 5T. Back and front were worked over 85 sts with 26sts for each shoulder and 33 sts for the neck. The 3/4 sleeves were worked over 50 sts with 3 decrease rows.
E’s sweater is about a size 2-3T. Back and front were worked over 65 sts with 17 sts for each shoulder and 31 sts for the neck. The 3/4 sleeves were worked over 44 sts with 3 decrease rows.
I love these adorable little sweaters so much, and they are so buttery soft!! I hope the kids will get a lot of wear out of those.
Now then, until next time 🙂
Crafty Effie 